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...That's scary.

We shouldn't let this turn into a "who can take a picture of the trip meter reading 233 while going the fastest"... despite how cool it would be.

[RoboMadi]

Originally Posted by 114ManualLabor

...That's scary.

We shouldn't let this turn into a "who can take a picture of the trip meter reading 233 while going the fastest"... despite how cool it would be.

I agree. But in safer conditions, things like these can happen.

[sanddrag]

Man, I remember when Montana had no speed limit. It was so awesome. Going 110 in a Ford Explorer with Firestone Wilderness ATs.

Is there anywhere in the US with no speed limit now?

[Tristan Lall]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Man, I remember when Montana had no speed limit. It was so awesome. Going 110 in a Ford Explorer with Firestone Wilderness ATs.

Is there anywhere in the US with no speed limit now?

Not on public roads. But Texas has some stretches that are being raised to 80 mph.

But the number hunting that spawned this thread? That's a waste of time.

[sanddrag]

An interesting note is that the German Autobahn is statistically much safer than US highways. There are far fewer crashes. However, when a crash does occur, I bet it is pretty bad.

The difference is that their cars don't have cupholders and people don't grab a big mac before happing on the autobahn. They don't talk on the phone while driving either. And a lot of their cars are all quite high performance models. Also, you must drive in the right lane, and pass on the left, and can be heavily fined for not doing so, or for driving too slowly. In Germany, driving is a skillful art, in the US, it is a passive annoyance.

[travis48elite]

Originally Posted by Karthik

Tytus,

I know you're an accomplished driver, but why are you taking pictures of your dashboard, while on the phone, while going 86 mph?!?

Hey our engineers do that all the time, especially Evil Trav. Sometimes its a miracle that even get to some of the regionals in one piece especially New Jersey. Sometimes they will even have races while going down the interstate against each other. That is why we always remember to bring extra pants...................well at least the rookies on the team since they are not use to the engineers driving habits.

[lukevanoort]

Originally Posted by travis48elite

Hey are engineers do that all the time, especially Evil Trav. Sometimes its a miracle that even get to some of the regionals in one piece especially New Jersey. Sometimes they will even have races while going down the interstate against each other. That is why we always remember to bring extra pants...................well at least the rookies on the team since they are not use to the engineers driving habits.

I dunno about all of the mentors and engineers on my team but I did see one do 92 on the way to Virginia. (He actually didn't realize he was doing 92, when I pointed it out, he slowed down)

[travis48elite]

Originally Posted by lukevanoort

I dunno about all of the mentors and engineers on my team but I did see one do 92 on the way to Virginia. (He actually didn't realize he was doing 92, when I pointed it out, he slowed down)

Well actually its not Evil Trav with the lead foot it's one of our other engineers. He has been known to hit 95 while the other engineers try to keep up. We slowed him down for IRI.

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by travis48elite

Hey are engineers do that all the time, especially Evil Trav. Sometimes its a miracle that even get to some of the regionals in one piece especially New Jersey.

When in Rome....

One of our OTHER mentors, who shall remain nameless, did take some rather.....rapid......liberties with the V8 Envoy while hauling the team trailer to NJ. I guess he couldn't wait to get there and see all the beautiful concrete*.....

*I'm just kidding. There was lots of asphalt and blacktop too**.

**I'm still kidding.

Sometimes they will even have races while going down the interstate against each other. That is why we always remember to bring extra pants...................

Yes, on the way home from IRI, I hooked up with Tony Stewart who was out crusing on I-70 E at about 135, and we sent two of the other mentors into the wall somewhere in the vicinity of Columbus. I picked up the draft from Tony on I-71 N and never looked back.

Oh, and didn't I tell you I own stock in Levi Strauss?

well at least the rookies on the team since they are not use to the engineers driving habits.

I believe we were going along with the flow of traffic at a leisurely 75 most of the way to and from Indiana, SIR. Stop rear seat driving!

[RyanN]

Originally Posted by Conor Ryan

Notice the team 87(mph) or the 139(km/h) reference too...

Just notice that he is going 87MPH. What American road has a speed limit of 85MPH or 80MPH.

[Tytus Gerrish]

Originally Posted by RyanN

Just notice that he is going 87MPH. What American road has a speed limit of 85MPH or 80MPH.

The speed limit is more of a sugestion in South florida. a sugestion i've been pulled over Four times for, but a sugestion none the less.